Standards & Practices (album)

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Standards & Practices
StandardsandPractices.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 29, 1999
Genre Punk rock
Length31:42
Label Vagrant
Producer Face to Face
Face to Face chronology
Live
(1998)
Standards & Practices
(1999)
Ignorance Is Bliss
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Ox-Fanzine Favorable [2]

Standards and Practices is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band Face to Face. It was a cover album that released in 1999 under the label Lady Luck, Face to Face's imprint through Vagrant Records. It was re-released two years later on February 20, 2001, [3] on Vagrant Records. It contains a mixture of rock, punk rock, and new wave cover tracks.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."What Difference Does It Make?" The Smiths 3:42
2."Chesterfield King" Jawbreaker 3:47
3."Don't Change" INXS 4:07
4."Sunny Side of the Street" The Pogues 2:43
5."Planet of Sound" Pixies 2:06
6."The KKK Took My Baby Away" Ramones 2:31
7."Heaven" The Psychedelic Furs 3:24
8."Merchandise" Fugazi 2:59
9."Helpless" Sugar 2:54
10."That's Entertainment" The Jam 3:12
Japanese import bonus tracks
No.TitleOriginal artistLength
11."Planet Earth" Duran Duran 3:48
12."In a Big Country" Big Country 3:51

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. Wilson, MacKenzie. Standards & Practices at AllMusic
  2. Hiller, Joachim (March–May 2001). "Reviews: Face to Face / Standards & Practices". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  3. White, Adam (February 14, 2001). "Don't forget your Standards and Practices". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 8, 2021.